Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-27402 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-27402 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-27402?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 2 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Designthemes Kids Life <= 5.2.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-27402?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-27402 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-27402?
- Check whether you run Designthemes Kids Life at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Kids Life | Children School WordPress theme (versions <= 5.2) due to improper neutralization of user-supplied input during web page generation (CWE-79). The flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of a victim's browser session. Exploitation requires a user to interact with a malicious link or crafted page (User Interaction: Required). Successful exploitation can lead to session hijacking, unauthorized actions on behalf of a logged-in user, or delivery of malicious payloads to site visitors. As of the advisory date, no official patch has been released by the vendor.
Affected products
- Designthemes Kids Life | Children School WordPress Theme <= 5.2
Timeline
- 2025-11-07: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher João Pedro S Alcântara
- 2026-06-30: advisory: Patchstack published advisory details
- 2026-07-02: disclosed: CVE published to NVD dataset